G1. Empty the old house and sell itGoal: call the real estate agent
Things to do before I can make that call:
- clean the loft bath
- clean the half bath
- vacuum everywhere
- get rid of the trap
- get rid of the trike
- clean and move the rug
- get rid of the instruments
G5: Lose 25 poundsGoal: get below the big round number that I’m heading for (about 2 pounds away)
Things that might help:
- eat lots of locally-grown asparagus, greens, strawberries, and rhubarb
- make several entirely local meals
- grow my own sprouts
- re-form my daily exercise habit
G6: landscaping- plant everything (mostly herbs and veggies)
- keep it weeded and watered
- organize the materials from my landscaping class
- design the top of the driveway
- plant three trees
G7: cabinSpend a day there and:
- clean
- bring home the keyboard to give away with other instruments
G8: librarian stuff- 5-16 meeting
- write report for 5-30 meeting
- 5-30 meeting
- contact all of our speakers and let them know how things are going
Other things- Mother’s Day at K’s?
- another day at K’s?
- celebrate my birthday with R
- celebrate my birthday with my brother
- start cartooning class
Community things- Chautauqua
- Meacham Park Neighborhood parade
- CFUH book club
My other goals are on hold until the old house is emptied.
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In recent weeks, I read:
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
_Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon
_Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
The first lays out the argument for why you might want to eat more local foods—for environmental and, even more, for health reasons. The second are two very different attempts to eat more locally.
Plenty is by a young couple living in an apartment in Vancouver and attempting to eat only food (including all ingredients) within 100 miles for one year. They struggle.
AVM is about a family with a bit of land and some background in producing both vegetables and meat. They also set less strict rules for themselves, wanting only to eat local produce and meat for one year.
It’s kind of fun to read them back to back because most of us would be kind of in the middle in terms of resources for pursuing such a project. Both are well-written, but, of course, the Kingsolver book is beautiful.
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